avoidance
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Silent Stories have Guards.
Silent Stories have guards. The ones that cannot be told. Wrap themselves Hide themselves Find a dark place And without permission Without choice Build their fortress. Build their army. Hidden to protect. Hidden to fester. Hidden to haunt. The story… Continue reading
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Paradox of growth.
‘It is the paradox of spiritual growth that through such bleak winter journeys we eventually come through a hidden door into a bright field of springtime that we could never have discovered otherwise’ (John O Donohue, Divine Beauty) This feels… Continue reading
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Following The Gap
Take a moment and have a look at this photo. What do you notice? The Misty shrouded mountain top? The Stone wall? The Green fields? As I stood and looked at this scene just before Christmas, the thing I noticed… Continue reading
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The Joy of First Time Puddles
It rained today. Actually, where I was, it more than rained today Rain bounced off the roof today Rain flooded the cafe patio where I was today And it deluged the country lanes off North Yorkshire today for about 4… Continue reading
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Allowing Shit to Settle
No thanks I’d rather pretend the shit didn’t exist thank you very much I’d rather add a whole layer of other stuff on top of it I’d rather pretend that the shit was actually roses without any thorns I’d rather… Continue reading
James Ballantyne 